Simply just having a site is not going to work, rather you need to make it work efficiently. Longer page loading time is the biggest downfall of websites; they make visitors leave the website prematurely.
And as a solution you need to install a caching plugin that stores things related to your site in a cache. Later when the visitor returns back, you can retrieve the data and request it again from the server. Well, in case of WordPress you can resolve this problem with a cache plugin. You will come across a number of free cache plugin on WP such as Hyper Cache, WP Super Cache, and W3 Total Cache. However, they seem adequate, but all of them have certain limitations, which fails to improve your site’s overall performance.
To solve the limitations three web developers from France (Julio Potier, Jonathan Buttigieg, and Jean-Baptiste Marchand-Arvier) who specialized in optimization developed WP-Rocket, known for being the first premium-only caching plugin.
Now we are going to share a rave review on the caching plugin, and to give a complete guide we let us solve some common question to get a good grasp of the all-new caching plugin –
Why You Should Buy a Premium Plugin?
Do you think there is any need of paying for a premium plugin when you can easily get the service of so many well-organized and active caching plugin? It is possible that those free plugins work well, but at the same time it impossible for them to offer the same level of support which a premium plugin can offer.
WP Rocket provides better performance compared to free plugins. The free cache plugins usually come with simple configurations, limiting different choices while others enjoy premium add-on, which might cost high. Moreover, with premium plugins you can enjoy regular support and various updates to make the plugin work efficiently. The support of premium plugins are faster, so WP-Rocket will shower your website with quick fixes as well as helpful support. One cannot use WP-Rocket unless they have a valid license.
Features of WP-Rocket
WP-Rocket cache plugin has much to offer to their users. You can look at the image provided below. Simply check out the differences clearly mentioned in comparison to other caching plugins in WordPress that are totally free.
The basic features apart from the enlisted features that makes your task easier includes –
Apart from the simple page caching function, the cache pre loading is also introduced by the WP-Rocket
WP Rocket uses robot designed by themselves to improve visits to your website, since preloading cache improves the speed as well as indexing of your website
It uses the process of minification that helps to lower the weight of HTML, JavaScript and CSS. Lighter the files lesser the loading time.
The images which come on the request function is a cool feature that loads images which are visible on the page and rest appears as the user keep on scrolling down.
Pricing
WP Rocket costs $39/yr for a single site, $99 for 3 sites and $199 for unlimited package.
Performance
It was tested on some quality website that loaded just within 0.48s.
Ease of Use
WP-Rocket is easy to set and you just need five steps to set it up in less than a minute.
Support
he premium caching plugin gives top-notch support that is what you get and all issues handled efficiently.
How do you install the plugin?
As soon as you purchase and download the plugin, you can begin with –
Going to the dashboard and simply just click on Add New
Upload the files that you have downloaded onto your site
As soon as you upload, it will appear in the plugin list and you can activate it
As you activate it you will come across a new sub-section under Settings section, known as WP-Rocket
The following step is to set up the optimization
You will find 7 tabs, 4 for different choices and 3 for documentation and support
Under the basic choices, you will find Lazyload that enable images to be loaded only when visible and on further scrolling the rest of the image appears
Finally, in the Files Optimization options you can undergo concatenation and minification of HTML, JS files and CSS. After that you will find different other options such as Logged In User Caches and Mobile.
You will also get a choice to adjust the Clear Cache Lifespan time, when you can store the cache in the web browser.
In the tab mentioning Advanced Options, users will find the Empty the Cache, Prefetch DNS Requests of specific pages no sooner you update any post.
In the next step, you can select the Never cache a specific bunch pages as well as an option of not to caches pages that make use of some specific cookies.
In the third tab there is the content delivery network or CDN and state the URL to replace the hostname of the site.
In the final option tab, you will find Tool where you get the choice of Beta Tester.
Rave Thoughts on WP-Rocket
WP-Rocket is an outstanding plugin that is easy to configure that any novice can use to make their site perform better. It just takes a few clicks to setup WP-Rocket. If you run into problems such as if CSS get messy, the developers will help to resolve the issue and will get an ever-efficient support to guide you through it. Performance wise you might not find any problem but the only suggestion is to improve their tutorial as it is in French and many do not understand the language.